The chairman of the All India Muslim Private Regulation Board has condemned the BJP-led Centre’s strategy forward of the January 22 inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. He known as the spiritual occasion as one which solely considerations “Hindu brothers” and mentioned members of the Islamic neighborhood “should not participate in this process”.
In a press observe, Hazrat Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani questioned whether or not, on January 22, “lamps should be lit, and the slogan of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ should be raised” throughout the nation.
“The special interest of the government and ministers in it, and the inauguration of it (Ram Mandir) by the Prime Minister, is an assassination of justice and secularism,” Rahmani said.
“Muslims should understand that this is a polytheistic act and a polytheistic slogan. If Hindu brothers light lamps in joy for the construction of the temple, we have no objection to it. However, Muslims should not participate in this process,” the panel’s head added.
“Islam instructs us to respect all religious figures, and we respect the holy figures of Hindus, including Lord Rama. However, we do not consider them gods,” Hazrat Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani additional said.
The assertion additionally underlined that “even though Muslims respect the Supreme Court’s decision, it has hurt their hearts”.
“Although the Supreme Court has acknowledged that there was no temple beneath it, which was demolished to build a mosque, and there is no evidence that Lord Rama’s birth occurred at that specific location…,” Rahmani wrote.
With restricted invitees, Ram Mandir shall be inaugurated on January 22, within the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi amongst different leaders and eminent personalities. Hundreds of seers from throughout the nation have been invited for the ceremony and invitees additionally embrace households of labourers, who’re serving to within the consecration and inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.